CES 2016 just wrapped up in Las Vegas and during the course of the week-long trade show, in between meetings and demos, we had the chance to roam the floor and check out a lot of cool new products; from big releases like the Nikon D500... more
Chinese lens maker Zhongyi Optics has added M42, Canon FD and Minolta MD lens adapters to its second-generation Lens Turbo lineup for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Like Metabones' Speedboosters, the adapters shorten the effective focal length, increasing the F-number by one stop and partially negating the crop factor. The 0.726x focal length reduction combines to give a net 1.45x focal length crop, rather than the 2x crop that you'd usually experience on a Micro Four Thirds camera.
The Blackberry Priv combines Google's Android operating system with BlackBerry's security features and a slider form factor with hardware qwerty-keyboard. In the camera module an 18MP sensor works together with a Schneider Kreuznach designed lens and optical image stabilization. The camera is capable of recording 4K video and there is also a dual-tone LED flash. DxOMark recently published its test results, placing the BlackBerry Priv into a joint eleventh place in its smartphone rankings, on... more
Back in November Nikon teased us by announcing that a new D5 DSLR flagship camera was in development. Fortunately, we didn't have to wait long for 'development' to turn into 'product.' At CES 2016 we got the chance to meet the D5, up close and personal.
At its core is a brand new 20.8MP FX-Format CMOS Sensor and Nikon's EXPEED 5 image... more
The 48Hr Classic is a new leather bag that’s attracting quite a bit of interest. It has an expandable design that makes it “the urban commuter’s ultimate travel, work, and photography bag.”
Creator Alex Buzaianu says his goal was to create a single bag that looks and... more
When Washington, D.C.-based time-lapse photographer Andrew Geraci proposed to his girlfriend, Alicia Pituch, (who’s also a photographer) recently, he decided to get creative with documenting the memory. He captured the memory in 360 degrees in two different ways: one with the help of 10 of... more
A team at Sony has custom designed and 3D-printed a rig that mounts onto a tripod and can hold 12 Xperia Z5 Compact smartphones, making it possible to record 4K video simultaneously for immersive video. Stitched together in post production, the clips create some impressive 48K 360-degree footage. To test and demonstrate the setup, Sony recorded various winter sports scenes at the Rise Ski & Snowboard Festival in Les Deux Alpes.... more
Power users on Instagram have millions of followers who view and interact with their photos. They also almost certainly also have push notifications for those interactions turned off on their phones.
Why? Because the number of notifications they receive is mind-boggling.
Here’s a peek into just how crazy it is: Demy De Zeeuw is a guy who runs a soccer-oriented Instagram account called... more
